Object retrieval in a different dimension
In Computer Science the term object retrieval is used in a completely different context! See this call for paper. An example for different semantics of different disciplines.
Some Nuggets about Zinc
The body of the car is said to be made from zinc. Is zinc poisonous? Where does it come from?
Lone Star Vs Tootsietoys
"Around 1960 Lone Star struck a deal with Tootsietoys to manufacture a range of 1:50 scale replicas of current American cars.
Pre-Toy History
One aspect of this object’s biography that intrigues me is its pre-toy history: the people and processes that went into designing and manufacturing it, and the materials from which it was made.
Colour measurement of toy car at UCL
Colour measurement of toy car at UCL
Lindsay MacDonald
Geomatic Engineering
Alchemy: Lead into Gold
Alchemy is both a philosophy and a practice with an aim of achieving ultimate wisdom as well as immortality, involving the improvement of the alchemist as well as the making of several substances d
Towards a Futurology of the Object: Part 6 - Back to The Future
To end, we go back to the future...
1960 Ford Sunliner 6.0 V8 Hybrid
This car is not only an image of the paint industry in the United States and Europe in the 1960's, it tells us more.
The virtual encounter with the sunliner: 3D laser scan of the model car
The car model has been scanned using a state of the art Arius3D Foundation Model 150 Colour Scanner at the Chorley Institute at UCL, which is unique in the UK, to create detailed object ‘fingerprin
3D laser scan of the model
The car model has been scanned using a state of the art Arius3D Foundation Model 150 Colour Scanner at the Chorley Institute at UCL, which is unique in the UK, to create detailed object ‘fingerprin